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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Breaking news on A Memory of Light: three volumes (maybe) & cover art
« on: March 27, 2009, 12:26:36 PM »
I don't believe it's going to be split into 3 books. I think that when Tor makes their announcement there going to say that the book will be split and will have a different name other than A Memory of Light. That's it, maybe they'll give a release date for the other half of the book maybe not.
Consider where all this information came from; a Swedish website, so I'm assuming it's a Swedish publisher too. I researched how the Swedish economy has been doing recently and I found this article about 4-weeks old.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a3664322-04c5-11de-8166-000077b07658.html?nclick_check=1
Here's a little blurb in case you find economics boring.
I don't live in Sweden so I don't know how accurate that article is, but I'll take it at face value and say their economy is struggling.
I think it's the Swedish publishers who are planning on a paperback release, and splitting the book in three. If their economy is doing that bad then there may not be a market for an expensive hardcover fantasy novel. That's why they want to make it as cheap as possible.
Overall, I think in the US we'll get the hardcover and the novel split once. Also regarding the artwork, I'm not sure if "The Gathering Storm" is going to be the title for the next book. That could be a generic name used for a trial cover.
Consider where all this information came from; a Swedish website, so I'm assuming it's a Swedish publisher too. I researched how the Swedish economy has been doing recently and I found this article about 4-weeks old.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a3664322-04c5-11de-8166-000077b07658.html?nclick_check=1
Here's a little blurb in case you find economics boring.
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“Today’s national accounts confirmed the Swedish economy is falling off a cliff,” said Nicola Mai, economist at JP Morgan, in a research note. “The report confirms Sweden is in the midst of a very deep recession.”
I don't live in Sweden so I don't know how accurate that article is, but I'll take it at face value and say their economy is struggling.
I think it's the Swedish publishers who are planning on a paperback release, and splitting the book in three. If their economy is doing that bad then there may not be a market for an expensive hardcover fantasy novel. That's why they want to make it as cheap as possible.
Overall, I think in the US we'll get the hardcover and the novel split once. Also regarding the artwork, I'm not sure if "The Gathering Storm" is going to be the title for the next book. That could be a generic name used for a trial cover.